There were 1,269 documented demands to censor library books and resources in 2022, according to new data released by the American Library Association on Thursday morning. This is the highest number of ...

Most were written by or about the LGBTQIA+ community and people of color. A record-breaking 1,269 demands were made to censor library books and resources in 2022, the highest number of attempted book ...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Eight months into 2022, the number of attempts to ban or restrict library resources in schools, universities and public libraries, is on track to exceed record counts from ...

The number of reported challenges to books doubled in 2022 — and the number of challenges to unique titles was up nearly 40 percent over 2021 — according to data released by the American Library ...

NEW YORK — The wave of attempted book bans and restrictions continues to intensify, the American Library Association reported Friday. Numbers for 2022 already approach last year’s totals, which were ...

Efforts to ban books in the U.S. are on the rise for 2022, according to a new report from the American Library Association (ALA). The ALA released preliminary data on Friday that revealed total book ...

UNION COUNTY, Tenn. — School started in August, around the same time the Age-Appropriate Materials Act of 2022 went into effect. The act requires school librarians and teachers with classroom ...

Fairfax County Public Library is on track to notch just over 10 million loans in 2022, and is once again among a handful of libraries nationwide with more than 2 million digital checkouts. Among those ...

Books are displayed at the Patmos Library on August 11, 2022 in Jamestown, Michigan. Photo by Joshua Lott/The Washington Post via Getty Images. When the good people of Jamestown, Michigan, went to the ...

Your L.A. Public Library card comes with a lot of free stuff. Sure, books and ebooks. But also free digital subscriptions and access to newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times, the ...